Why a Wing?
You may find this useful (you may not) but this is my journey as a diver from a jacket BCD to a Backplate & Wing (BPW) setup. First question of…
Dive Books (Around the World) – Part Three
Welcome to Part Three of this virtual tour through the worlds’ dive sites courtesy of a half-dozen of the best books on the subject available today. This concludes this series…
Dive Books (Around The World) – Part Two
Welcome to the second part of this review of dive books that take a world view. Part One can be found here and Part Three should be with you in…
Dive Books (Around the World) – Part One
Something a little different this time with a review of books with a common theme (besides diving!) : all of them attempt to provide an overview of diving opportunities from…
First Dive Show
Over 4 years into this diving malarkey & not been to a dive show – what’s wrong with me? Perhaps that’s the reason I still have some disposable income? Seriously…
SCUBA Books II
Its’ been over 2 years since I last looked at SCUBA books so time for an update on recent acquisitions in this area. Before that if you haven’t read the…
Wrecks – A New View
If you’re planning a dive, one of the key tasks is thorough research of the site and in the case of a wreck of the specific objects to be explored;…
Buying a Drysuit
If you are serious about diving in the UK you will understand the need for some thermal protection (the UK climate being what it is!) and in theory you have a…
Is Diving Expensive?
Well, yes it is, relative to tiddlywinks or shove-ha-penny!! As an avid skier for the past 46 years, I can honestly say had I saved every expense I incurred during…
SCUBA Books
6th February, 2016: If you’ve just taken up SCUBA diving then your book collection will likely to consist of a number of training/textbooks related to the organisation through which you…